Stash Report - May 22, 2016

This week, I have mostly been busy helping a friend move.  Actually, that friend is a local quilt shop owner, and she was moving her personal studio.  She isn't "set up" in the new space, but at least all of her belongings are in the new space.  I'll be helping her over the next few months to get everything in place.  Along the way, she found a couple of things to give to me.

First is a Koala chair.  It is an older model that she used as a shop demo many years ago when she sold Koala furniture.  It doesn't have all of the bells and whistles of more modern chairs, but it should be more comfortable than the straight chair I use now.

She also gave me a large cutting mat, that is 35 x 71.  It should fit the top of my cutting table, but I don't currently have all of the leaves up on it, so I didn't take a picture of it.

And finally, she gave me what remained on a bolt of fabric.  It is 5 yards of space fabric, which happens to be the theme I picked for this summer with the boys.  I'll be making pillowcase bags, and other bags for them out of it to use on our many adventures this summer.

On the actual sewing front, I did finish the top of the Chained Nine Patch by Cathy Bush I was working on.  I've selected the coral color at the top for my backing and binding, and I'm proud to say I had it in my stash.

I don't have pictures of my actual stash, because it is buried behind my cutting table.  However, I did want to share how I label and fold my fabric.  I start by measuring all of the fabric that comes in.  Any piece that is 1/2 yard or more, gets wrapped around my 6" x 24" ruler, and then folded in half.  I then stick a label on it with the yardage and width.  This way, I don't have to unfold it to figure out how much I have, and whether or not it will work for the current project.

I have been doing this for many years now, so it isn't a burden on me.  When I first started, I spent most of a New Year's night wrapping and labeling fabric.  When I finished, it was amazing how much space it saved by being uniform.  I've managed to fill up that extra space now.

I went the wrong direction this week, but it was worth it!

                                   This Week             This Year

Used                                      .0                   21.75

Added                                  5.00                  42.25

Net Used / Added                     5.00                  20.50

The rest of the day will be to baste and quilt the Chained Nine Patch.  Maybe I'll have a finish today, or at least later this week!  I'll also wash the space fabric, so I can use it later this week if I get the time.

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Tata for now,
Joy :)